There are two kinds of allegiance, one that tends to be allegiance to the individual and one that tends to be allegiance to the identity. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

For Han Ruzi, the empress, Zhang Youcai and others belong to the former type, whether he is the emperor or the tired marquis, they can count on their loyalty, Liu Jie and Xiao Sheng, who was martyred in Jincheng, belong to the latter type, no matter who is the emperor, it will not have much impact on their loyalty.

Han Ruzi looked through the history books and found that most emperors had a clear distinction between these two types of allegiance, spoiling and indulging the former kind of people, treating them as relatives, and often being incomprehensible to outsiders.

Han Ruzi himself is not exempt from vulgarity, the difference is that some people are called "I", and some people are called "I".

There are also some people, it doesn't matter whether they are loyal or not, don't say it's the emperor, even if they are immortals, they will observe for a while, and after making sure that the gods are really good for themselves, they are willing to kneel down and worship, otherwise, they would rather stand aside and watch.

It's just that these people may be extremely talented in some way, Yang Feng, Meng E and others are like this, they have their own ideas, and the emperor can't control them.

Han Ruzi closed the book, both excited and confused, the emperor may be the most complex identity in the world, extremely challenging, no wonder most people can't be emperors well, and some people even show obvious boredom, but no one can let go, all of them are tightly held in their hands.

Han Ruzi is willing to accept the challenge.

Liu Jie, the central supervisor, came in and said softly: "Your Majesty, Jing Yao has arrived." ”

Han Ruzi nodded, motioned to the middle eunuch to wait, and said, "Duke Liu is familiar with the rules of the palace, do you think it is appropriate for me to do this?" ”

Han Ruzi listened to Yang Feng's advice and decided to use Jing Yao again, but he couldn't be reinstated, let alone avoid Liu Jie.

Liu Jie used to be Jing Yao's subordinate, but now he is the top boss, and he is not half dissatisfied with the emperor's decision, on the contrary, he shows that he values Jing Yao very much, "Jing Gong has served in the palace for many years, and he has rich experience, no one can beat him, although he was deposed by the Queen Mother, but there is no serious crime, His Majesty is enabled at this moment, there is no problem." ”

"Okay, I remember what Gong Liu said that Jing Yao is good at gathering information?"

"That's right, he can always find the right people, and he can tell if the information they report is true or false."

"Who is in charge of this in the palace now?"

"There is no permanent position, and it is not appropriate to set it up publicly, Your Majesty will do it if he has an order, and if he does not have an order, he will disperse."

Using eunuchs to collect intelligence will be feared by the courtiers, Han Ruzi understands this truth, "Let him in." ”

Jing Yao came in trembling slightly, knelt down at the door, and was allowed to crawl forward, saying Your Majesty, and before he could say anything, he first burst into tears.

The former central eunuch was reduced to chopping wood and sweeping the floor in the palace, and suddenly he was summoned by the emperor, like a hand stretched out from the clouds, reaching into the bottom of the quagmire, Jing Yao was of course grateful.

Han Ruzi accepted it calmly, because he understood that this was the emperor's power.

Only the emperor can kill and take it openly, and a casual sentence can lift a person to the sky or throw him straight to the ground, and the emperor uses this means to grasp the power ten steps away, within a thousand miles, and those who do not use it are trapped within ten steps for life, and the abuser can attract threats even if he is thousands of miles away.

When Jing Yao was almost crying, Han Ruzi waved his hand and asked Liu Jie to send a towel, Jing Yao took it with both hands, and wiped the snot and tears on his face with his dirty sleeves, he knew that his attitude had been expressed, and from now on, he had to impress the emperor with his real skills.

Han Ruzi asked Jing Yao how to collect information from all over the world in the palace, Jing Yao cheered up and introduced it in great detail, it turned out that he did not have a secret organization, when he wanted to inquire about the news, he would choose different officials in different yamen, and promised some benefits, so that they could avoid formal channels, and then find people more peripheral to inquire around, several lines did not know each other, nor interfered with each other, and finally the news was gathered together, corroborated by each other, and ensured that the news was accurate.

This kind of thing is easier said than done, Jing Yao spent more than ten years before selecting a group of officials to become commonly used collaborators, as for the return, gold and silver are just small heads, more information in the palace, especially about the promotion and deprecation of officials, small officials can use them to curry favor or retaliate against some officials.

After Jingyao lost ground, these routes were interrupted.

Jing Yao kowtowed, swearing that he had never revealed the real palace secrets, and that they were all news that would be made public sooner or later, so that the little official would know it a day or two in advance.

Han Ruzi didn't say anything, nodded to Liu Jie, and Liu Jie stepped back, leaving the emperor to talk to Jing Yao secretly.

Jing Yao's forehead touched the ground, as an experienced old eunuch, he couldn't understand the meaning of the secret talk, it was a danger, but also a future, and he had to deal with it carefully.

Han Ruzi is also dealing with it carefully, and he must be very cautious when using the emperor's power on people like Jing Yao, if he uses it well, he will add help, and if there is a slight flaw, he will cultivate a vicious wolf, and he will even turn his head and bite the emperor himself.

Han Ruzi was silent for a long time, until Jing Yao's back trembled again because of nervousness and confusion, and then he spoke: "When did Jing Gong enter the palace?" ”

"Nineteen years of Emperor He."

Emperor He is the father of Emperor Wu, Jing Yao has been in the palace since he was a child, and it has been more than 50 years.

"Well, long enough."

Jing Yao didn't understand what the emperor meant, so he lay on the ground and didn't dare to answer.

Han Ruzi was silent for a while and asked, "Gong Jing has seen a lot of battles in the palace, right?" ”

Jing Yao quickly glanced up at the emperor, knowing that this was not a casual question, and he couldn't answer casually, so after thinking for a while, he raised his body slightly to make his voice clearer, "There has never been a fight in the palace." ”

Han Ruzi raised his eyebrows, "This is unusual, there are not many records in the history books about the things in the palace, but it is not blank, all dynasties, including this dynasty, there has never been a shortage of battles in the palace, right?" ”

Jing Yao raised his body a little more, "What the old slave means is that there has never been a pure battle in the palace. ”

Han Ruzi vaguely understood what Jing Yao meant, "Get up and speak." ”

Jing Yao thanked him, and stood up with difficulty, knowing that this was an extremely rare opportunity, if he couldn't impress the emperor immediately, he could only be trapped in a cold room, "The people in the palace are fighting and looking up to Your Majesty, and there is nothing else, but what Your Majesty thinks about is the world and the court." Whether it is a eunuch or a concubine, it is only to please His Majesty for a while, if you want to gain a long-term foothold, you must rely on external forces, so the old slave said that there is no fight in the palace, and all the battles are carried out outside. ”

"For example, what about the Imperial Concubine Shangguan and the Queen Mother?"

The most tragic scene of the battle in the palace happened to the two sisters.

Jing Yao bowed and replied: "Your Majesty thinks about it, the imperial concubine has been hating for a long time, but she has never expressed it, let alone openly argued, until she colluded with the foreign ministers, she dared to make trouble. According to what the old slave saw and heard, everything in the palace can be speculated according to this, no matter how many contradictions, no matter how deep the hatred, before there is no external help, you can only forbear, and those who can't endure will be severely punished, on the contrary, those who want to fight must start from the outside. ”

Yang Feng was right, internal affairs should indeed consult Jing Yao, these words made Han Ruzi suddenly realize, but it could not be called suddenly enlightened, because he knew that his optimism when he first returned to the palace was wrong, and the battle in the palace was going on, but it was not carried out by his side.

No one wants the emperor to see his ugly side.

"Stand down."

The emperor's voice was colder, but Jing Yao's heart was more down-to-earth, the truth will always hurt some people, and because of this, the truth can impress others.

Not long after Jing Yao retreated, Liu Jie came in, and he had to wait for the emperor's order to make an arrangement for Jing Yao.

"Where is the work not heavy, let Jing Yao go to the elderly." Han Ruzi didn't want to reuse this old slippery head immediately.

"The treasurer lacks a deputy commander in charge of the key, and Jing Yao is old enough to take up this position."

Han Ruzi nodded in agreement.

Liu Jie also retreated, Han Ruzi thought alone, her mother and the queen did not agree, but as Jing Yao said, they would not fight openly in the palace and in front of the emperor, that kind of fighting method was too shameless, and they could not fight for the real victory, and the mother's target must be the general Cui Hong, she thought that once the Cui family fell, the queen would also lose power.

That's why the empress refused the emperor's kindness and was reluctant to give the Cui family a marquis, because she understood that the higher the status of the Cui family, the bigger the target and the easier it was to be hit.

Han Ruzi sighed lightly, after understanding the routine of the battle in the palace, he was no longer in a hurry to intervene to solve it, his mother was alone, and there was no father and brother to help him, which was a good thing, no matter how much the minister flattered Wang Meiren, after all, he could not get complete trust from the other layer.

Henan Yin Han Chou, who was the most blatant in currying favor with Wang Meiren, has been punished, and Han Ruzi believes that after he cleans up one or two similar ministers, the trend of currying favor with the future queen mother will fall.

I don't know why, in this secret fight, Han Ruzi first guarded against his mother, and for the queen, it was more about understanding than a problem that needed to be solved.

But she must not let her mother be sad, and Han Ruzi decided to canonize her mother as the queen mother as soon as possible after returning to power tomorrow.

Zhang Youcai came in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, the things are ready, do you want to bring them in?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Youcai turned around, and soon returned, and carried into a half-high stone screen with another eunuch, which was placed on the wall, and the emperor behind the desk could see it as soon as he turned his head.

The stone screen is very ordinary, and there is no landscape painting on it, just a few lines of large characters engraved on it, which is not the handwriting of a famous artist.

Huns

Yun Mengze

pirate

western regions

These are the troubles that Han Ruzi thought needed to be solved the most, the Huns ranked first, and they were the most difficult to deal with, they couldn't do it within a few years, but Yun Mengze and the pirates had to deal with it as soon as possible, but not at the same time, so as not to fall into a melee again, Da Chu couldn't withstand such a toss.

As for the Western Regions, Han Ruzi hesitated for a while before deciding to engrave it, the so-called strong enemy of the West sounds very illusory, and it only comes from the side of the Huns.

But he could feel the fear in Da Dan Yu's heart, and even if that fear was only three points real, it meant that there was really a force on the rise in the West.

"Just put it there." Han Ruzi is very satisfied, he will only meet the ministers tomorrow, and he wants to deal with a few serious matters today, "Xuan summoned Deng Cui, the acting governor of the country, and Zhang Yin, the Marquis of Biyuan." ”

The Western Regions is the farthest away, and the problem is the easiest at present, Han Ruzi decided to start with it, and he felt a little excited when he thought that this was the first time he had exerted the power of the emperor thousands of miles away. (To be continued.) )